I can wipe off the dust from my joystick and finally get some use for it. I don't remember which it was, maybe warbirds or something like that, iirc. a mikerosoft game from around 15 years back.. It had airfields from which you'd take off and .. fight. That was it iirc. Take off, fight.

It sounds like I won't be put up against a squadron of 262's in a Brewster 10 times in a row in this one.

Talking of MWO, I've insisted that our upcoming game should not be as frustrating. The only thing keeping MWO afloat imho is the massive brand. I was willing to give it 250 matches even though I hated it 95% of the time. That's over 40 hours for a game that I didn't like - how many other games can claim the same?!

Another cool thing is that WT has multiple difficulty options. If you want to play a more arcad-ish style, in 3rd person view behind the plane, you can. If you want an in-cockpit sim style with full flight controls, there are matches for those too. And one in between. Lots of options, and I've not even seen the Naval or Tank side of things yet, as they're still working those up (and adding more stuff to the air war).

It'll blow the others away. Guaranteed!

You can be up against a 262 in a Brewster, if you want, but they're in the process of adding cordoned tiers for selection so you can check/uncheck the spread you want to be eligible to join. I've found that, unlike the 'other' one, speed and climb/dive characteristics can really make a difference and turn rate isn't necessarily everything. You can actually boom & zoom quite well, for instance, and the vertical fight can be a huge factor. So the physics are pretty much there. One amazing thing, that I don't often see in 3D games these days, is just how excellent the graphics engine runs on this thing compared to how wonderful it looks. I'm amazed. It just goes to show how terrible the optimization is on a lot of games these days. This thing runs smooth like buttah and blows away others that run like shit with their micro-stutters and low fps.

I'm not gonna get into too many specifics (well, I can't) but this one is so much more enjoyable than anything else I've seen (and the mechanics & engine are equally superior).. I don't play the others. Sure, it doesn't have mechs, so this is rather OT.

But I never liked the addition of the Clans to the old tabletop game. I'll probably like them even less in the Online PC game. It was like they tossed a whole new set of imbalanced crap into the thing, thus making all the old wonderful stuff obsolete and underpowered. The fuckers.

Did you see the Kickstarter for the new turn-based Battletech PC game got fully funded? Dynamic merc campaign, multi-player, the works. And sticking to the 3025 tech.

Nef you know they can't stick to the 3025 tech.....................aint no way they can. It will be more Classic, but too many folks are going to want their double heat sinks.

I remember when the Clans first appeared and we ran a campaign and all 3 of my mech regiments and my armor and 2 inf regiments got shredded. But I have come to enjoy beating the shit out of the Clanners. Plus 3065 is a great year with the re-introduction of tons of Star League era mechs and such. Played right, especially the Royal versions, they can give the Clanners a run for their money.

But I never liked the addition of the Clans to the old tabletop game. I'll probably like them even less in the Online PC game. It was like they tossed a whole new set of imbalanced crap into the thing, thus making all the old wonderful stuff obsolete and underpowered. The fuckers.

Did you see the Kickstarter for the new turn-based Battletech PC game got fully funded? Dynamic merc campaign, multi-player, the works. And sticking to the 3025 tech.

As in it fires the AC20 faster, further, with more whacking the enemy around on impact and some extra hitpoints on the hunch which gets taken out in no time if it weren´t for those armor/structure boni.

There´s a pdf document of 50 pages out giving quirk values for today´s patch. Still WIP, and last round of quirk changes was in ... Spring IIRC.

Plus, some mechs are just nasty by nature for ex I like Blackjacks very much for their excellent high weapon hardpoints and good mobility, Griffins for the fantastic left shield arm and tremendous agility, Thunderbolts for their tankyness, especially with standard engines.

On the clan side, the Arctic Cheetah the King of Light Mechs, while running a Warhawk with dual UAC-10s lets you tear apart anything in a hail of cannon fire.Until you have an ammo stoppage

So the addition of the Clans has caused even more balancing back & forth patch adjustments? That's pretty much what I expected.

I'm sure they need to constantly add new Mechs to the game, in order to keep their long-term customers continuing to play. All free-to-play Arena games do (along with new maps) and some don't do it fast enough. But the Clan stuff is just imbalanced by nature of the IP lore.

I'm glad to see they're trying to balance the old with the new but that is a never-ending seesaw and I suspect the Clans amplified it.

I may sound like I loathe this game, but I don't. I actually enjoyed it during the few small stretches I played. I felt it was only missing an overarching meta-game involving clan-vs-clan control, so the matches got rather repetitive quickly (especially with few different maps at the time).

While a massive Meta may cause further balancing issues - mostly due to the hordes of Davion fanboy sheeple - I think it needs something all-inclusive and overarching like that, and the Meta part wouldn't be a huge balancing concern. Not just the private clan/guild battles, but an actual regular mode for everyone. I still have immensely fond memories of the old 3025 MMO beta many years ago, which had just such a galactic conquest meta-game, on top of it's similar match-based shooter system, and it was soooooo damn fun. Even when your faction was slowly losing the war it was a blast. I want THAT in MWO.

Despite talk of it from the devs, they don't seem to be terribly interested in devoting much priority to such a thing. Sadly. Instead we got overpowered Clans and some hardcore guild-vs-guild junk. So I tend to complain about the direction the devs are taking MWO when I know how really awesome it could be.

I bought a Premium Heavy mech quite awhile back. Think it's a Blackjack variant.. dont' quite recall. Picked it up for the extra Credit bonus so that I don't feel the need to get a Premium sub every time I return to check it out for a couple days. Should persuade me to do so more often but I forget I have it sometimes. I will re-download and grok MWO again, before long.

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